Making all Black lives matter : reimagining freedom in the twenty-first century /

"In the wake of the murder of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012 and the exoneration of his killer, three black women activists launched a hashtag and social-media platform, Black Lives Matter, which would become the rubric for a larger movement. To many, especially those in the media, Bla...

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Autore principale: Ransby, Barbara (Autore)
Natura: Libro
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Serie:American studies now ; 6.
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Riassunto:"In the wake of the murder of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012 and the exoneration of his killer, three black women activists launched a hashtag and social-media platform, Black Lives Matter, which would become the rubric for a larger movement. To many, especially those in the media, Black Lives Matter appeared to burst onto the national political landscape out of thin air. But as Barbara Ransby shows in Making All Black Lives Matter, the movement has roots in prison abolition, anti-police violence, black youth movements, and radical mobilizations across the country dating back at least a decade. Ransby interviewed more than a dozen of the movement's principal organizers and activists, and she provides a detailed review of its extensive coverage in mainstream and social media. Making All Black Lives Matter offers one of the first overviews of Black Lives Matter and explores the challenges and possible future for this growing and influential movement."--Provided by publisher.
Descrizione fisica:1 online resource (xiv, 221 pages).
Bibliografia:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780520966116
0520966112